Paul Brown Soft-Dine Review [Pros, Cons & Underwater Footage]
- By: Tony Acevedo
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- Found In: Fishing Tips, Lure Reviews, Product Reviews, Retrieving Lures
The Paul Brown Soft-Dine by MirrOlure is a unique lure on the market these days.
It is a suspending twitchbait like the MirrOlure MirrOdine, but it is a soft plastic lure, which is not ordinarily what twitchbaits are made out of.
The combination of weight and soft plastic material gives the Paul Brown Soft-Dine some really good action that you don’t get with other lures.
There are some drawbacks to the lure as well and I have some concerns about its durability.
In this article, I give you my full review of the Paul Brown Soft-Dine and give you my top pros and cons for the lure.
I also show you the unique action this lure has in the video review in the article.
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Paul Brown Soft-Dine Specs
The Paul Brown Soft-Dine has a built-in reflective foil insert for a more realistic appearance. It also has a special sonic rattling chamber for more vibrations and noise.
The specs for the Paul Brown Soft-Dine are the following:
- Model: SD
- Length: 2-5/8″
- Weight: 3/8 oz
- Color Variations: 15
The Soft-Dine is $8.99 per lure on the MirrOlure website.
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Paul Brown Soft-Dine Video Review [Underwater Footage]
In this video, I give you my full review of the Paul Brown Soft-Dine and show you how it looks underwater with a demo.
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Conclusion
This lure is really unlike any other twitchbait on the market.
It has action that hardbody baits can’t offer, which can be enticing to less aggressive fish.
There are durability issues as well, which is something to keep in mind when storing it with your other lures.
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If you have any questions about this lure or how to use it, let us know in the comments section!
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What would you recommend as a starter salt water spinning reel that is not too expensive?
Hey Robert!
I would recommend the Diawa Fuego or Shimano Nasci. The $100 range is going to be the starting point for reels that can handle saltwater/brackish water.
Robert
I agree with Tony but when my wife started I got her a $40 rod/real combo from Walmart in the 2500 series until she got the hang of casting and catching fish. It is still on the boat a year later and still catching fish but she now has her own rod she picked out.
If you take care of the real and lube and wash it down good after each use it will last until you are ready to move up to a better rod/ real combo.
Hope this helps
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I’ve been catching solid trout on this lure. Do y’all guys know what size treble hooks to use for upgrading?
Nice!
I believe a size 4 to a size 6 would be close. What I will usually do if I am unsure is take a hook with me to the tackle shop and size it up to them.
WOW… was going to ask ya’ll about doing a review on the Paul brown soft plastics. I had a chance to use one a few weeks ago while in big bend of FL and in one day had 5 different species…Love the action of this lure
Nice!
Great Video. The Paul Brown devil that people are recommending looks alot like tidal surges, maniac mullet. I’m actually going to try out the Paul Brown fat boy, in pink for the first time tomorrow in Ozello. I think the slower retrieve might work well in Winter there. Hopefully in theory, lol.
Thanks Gregory! Yep I hear these lures are great for winter time because they can be worked pretty slow.
I tried the Paul Brown pink fat boy in Sunday in Ozello. I changed out the trebles for inlines. Had a nice flounder slam it. Caught some nice trout too
I’ve just started using them in cold water. slowly twitching them and I mean slo! Caught unusually large trout and redfish,bass also! Fishing in 3-4 ft of water disproving that they aren’t in shallow cold water,44-48 degree water! Down here in ms. It’s hard for me now to think about picking anything else up! I work it on bottomslooooo twitching and my ratio has been10-2 keeps trout up to 20 inch’s most being 14-17
Awesome!
I have used the Soft-Dine with success, but I much prefer the Paul Brown Devil. It has been my go to lure this year. It has all the pros that Tony mentioned for the Soft-Dine but I (and it seems the fish) prefer the action and feel of the Devil lure. One big advantage is that it is a heavy lure so you can make long casts and it is good for windy conditions, but once in the water, the buoyancy of the lure helps it to have great natural action. It does’t look or feel like a heavy lure.
The cons are the same as with the Soft-Dine. I don’t like the hooks and is not super durable. It’s worth it to me due to the success I’ve had and therefore the confidence I have in the lure.
I, too like(d) the Paul Brown Devil. Then I found the Slick lure.
If you like the Paul Brown Devil but don’t like its (treble) hook then check out The Slick (and now Lil Slick) lures from Pure Flats. These lures were adapted from the Paul Brown Devil, but…are rigged weedless with wide gap hooks.
Good stuff Phillip!
I haven’t tried the Devil. That is the one with the tail that looks like it has a ball on the end, correct? If so, I’ll be sure to check it out!
That’s it.
I have used and still use the Paul Brown soft lures. I have replaced the treble hooks with inline circle hooks which has not changed the hookup ratio at all. I have found that I get better strikes by twitching a couple of times and then a 2 ft straight pull then keeping it near the surface. Snook and tarpon seem to like chasing it down and attacking it. A large tarpon with a strong pull will bend the wire frame. If it were made from the z-man plastic it would be a more durable soft lure.
Good info Duwayne! I also noticed if you drag the lure at a certain speed, it will also do that wobble that it does when you let it sink.
If I was able to get one big fish on this lure, whether it be a tarpon, snook, or red, I don’t think I would mind if the lure was beat up. Of course, only if I was able to land the fish haha.
Duwayne Mason…what size circle are you using on your PB soft dines? 3/4 size? gamakatsu?
Hello Tony,
I have limited experience with the Dine-Soft and Paul Brown Devil (another soft body, more elongated, nice action from what I’ve seen). In trying them out from an elevated pier (maybe 10 feet above the water), I was impressed with the action. With the soft body, I have seen sea trout hit without being hooked, turn and then the come right back, hit again and end up hooked.
My limited experience is largely due to when I’ve tried these in a kayak, I have ended up with those nasty “wind knots” in the braided line. Far more than using other lures I’ve generally used. Unless I’ve had an easy untangling of the wind knot (not typical), I’ve switched to my other rod (and been down a ready to use set-up). So I haven’t really given these lures an adequate test in the field.
Regarding the “wind knots”, I suspect my twitch on the retrieve may have been too pronounced (too long a motion in the rod tip), resulting in too much slack in the line upon retrieve, but I really haven’t figured this out. Do you have any tips on how best to retrieve this lure in general (twitch, sink counts, managing the line tension at the reel) and especially to avoid the braided line knotting problem? Also, my impression is that your comments on the hooks are on target. Thanks.
Hey Jim! Thank you for the awesome feedback!
As for the wind knot issue, when using baits with a twitch-pause retrieve it’s important to keep constant tension on the line. To do this, twitch the lure as you normally would, and when you get to the “pause” raise the rod tip to take out the slack, instead of reeling in the loose slack. As the rod tip is up, then start reeling in the slack while lowering the rod tip as you reel, keeping tension on the line.
The retrieve can really vary depending on the species you are going after, how active they are, and how deep you want to fish it. A typical retrieve would be 2 or 3 quick twitches, and then a 1 to 2 second pause. The length of that pause is where it will vary the most because of how shallow or deep you may be fishing. Less of a pause in shallow water, a little longer in deeper water.
Also for the wind knots, be sure to take a look at this article I wrote that can help you narrow down what may be causing your wind knots in the braid:
https://www.saltstrong.com/articles/fishing-wind-knots/
Color preference is to match the hatch. It’s been good to me in St. Marks
Tony,
Thanks for following up on the PB lure. They have many styles to choose from. I’ve noticed that you can change their reaction in the water just by bending it
To give it a crown in the middle of it or reverse the crown to th down side.
Fish on
No problem Brad, and thank you for that additional tip!
Enjoyed the video and liked the action of the bait – Thanks
No problem Pablo!